I’m late! It’s only the second week of the reconvened Blogenge (it’s a combination of Blog and ……..oh never mind!) and my entry is a whole day late. I’d like to say there are good excuses (which there kind of are) but to be fair i could have finished my entry last night when i got in and i kinda forgot…..I’m going to be in big trouble…..!!

Anyway Round Two – What superpower would you have and why?

This topic is very close to my heart. Growing up I wasn’t exactly a superhero geek, but I wasn’t far from it. And I know that’s not strictly what this week is about – it’s what superpower you would want – but I find it hard to think of one without the other. Yes there were superheroes who didn’t have super powers – Batman is the prime example – but on the whole they are intrinsically linked.

So obviously when faced with the above question my automatic reaction was to consider who my favourite superheroes are and then consider whether their superpowers are the ones that I would automatically want for myself.

Amongst my favourites were the really random ones that never really found any fame. These include:–

Matter Eater Lad who, as his name suggests, could eat matter in all forms!! Brilliant…..but ultimately useless in a fight!

Colour Kid who can change the colour of any object – take that bad guys, your super powered laser, that you’re about to kill me with is now blue instead of red!!

Porcupine Pete, who could fire quills from his body, albeit very inaccurately!

And that was just a few. Sadly none of these are super powers I would ever want so I suppose I’ll have to delve into the realms of the better known superheroes.

Spiderman was probably my favourite superhero, but lets be honest – his ability to scale tall buildings and swing between them is all very well in an American city with big skyscrapers – but in Sheffield, it’s never going to come in that handy.

X-ray vision like Superman would be all very well, and could well land me a very good job in a hospital, but it’s a little clichéd so I’m going to steer clear of that one.

Reed Richards ability to stretch and bend his body (a bit like Mr Tickle Lyns!!) would have its uses as well – say for example when you’ve left something in the other room and couldn’t be bothered to get back up to go and get it. But that would just encourage laziness and bring on early obesity, which quite frankly scares the life out of me.

So….I think the superpower I would most like to have would be something that would help me in my day to day life, but could also be used to fight crime – step forward the power of………..time travel! Not only would it give me the ability to get my Blogenge done on time (oops), but every time I forget someone’s birthday (including mine) I could just travel back in time, and hey presto! I’ve not forgotten!

So if I acquire this power before next week I may even get my next Blogenge entry done on time……!!

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